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Academic Programs

Economics

Studying economics at Denison

The economics major and minor

If you're planning on majoring in economics at Denison, your high school preparation should include four years of math, the ability to write, and an appreciation of American history.

To graduate with a major, you'll take 20 credit hours of core courses (five courses) in Introductory Macroeconomics, Introductory Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis, Introductory Econometrics, and 16 credit hours of Economics electives (four courses).

For a minor, you'll take Introductory Macroeconomics, Introductory Microeconomics, Intermediate Macroeconomic Analysis, Intermediate Microeconomic Analysis and History of Economic Thought for a total of 20 credit hours (five core courses), plus eight credit hours of economics electives (two courses).

What do economics majors do after Denison?

Careers in business management, corporate finance, investment banking, international banking, portfolio management, sales and sales management, education, domestic and foreign government service, hospital administration, environmental management and international development agencies are a few of the opportunities available to our economics graduates.

Within five years of graduation, 60 to 70 percent of them have pursued some form of graduate or professional education, most in M.B.A. programs, 15 percent in law school and a few in Ph.D. programs. Learn more aboutDenison's pre-professional programs, including information on preparation for post-graduate work in business administration, at http://www.denison.edu/admissions/departments/prof.html

Who are our professors?

Department Chair and Associate Professor Ross M. LaRoe joined the Denison faculty in 1985. He earned his B.A. at the University of Missouri, his M.S. at Wright State University, and his Ph.D. at American University. His areas of special interest include microeconomic theory, public finance and urban economics.

Professor Robin L. Bartlett, co-developer of Denison's Economics Laboratory Program and recipient of awards for innovative teaching from the Joint Council on Economic Education, became a part of Denison's Department of Economics faculty in 1973. In 1998, she was named Ohio's Professor of the Year. She has been chair of the American Economic Association's Committee on the Status of Women in the Economics Profession. Professor Bartlett focuses on Macroeconomic Theory, Economics of Discrimination and Economic Education. She is a graduate of Western College and earned her M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University.

Provost and Professor Bradley W. Bateman joined Denison is 2007. He earned his B.A. at Alma College, and his M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Kentucky.

Professor Sohrab Behdad earned B.A., M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Michigan State University. He came to Denison in 1985 and specializes in International Economics and Finance, Economic Development, International Trade, History of Economic Thought, and the Political Economy of the Middle East.

Associate Professor David W. Boyd received a Ph.D. from Ohio State University. He has a B.S. degree from Cornell, an M.S. from Stanford, and an M.A. from Ohio State. His areas of interest include Mathematical Microeconomics, Industrial Organization and the Public Control of Business. He joined the faculty in 1991.

Associate Professor Laura A. Boyd joined the faculty in 1991. She specializes in Labor Economics, Microeconomics, Econometrics and Economics of Education. She has a B.A. degree from Carleton College, and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from Ohio State University.

Professor Theodore A. Burczak joined the faculty in 1995. He teaches Monetary Economics and Macroeconomics. Burczak earned his B.A. at SUNY-Binghamton and his Ph.D. at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. His interests include macroeconomic theory, the history of economic thought, economic justice, and political economy.

Assistant Professor Quentin M. Duroy joined the faculty in 2004. He holds a B.S., M.S. and Diplôme d'Etudes Supérieures Spécialisées postgraduate degree from Université de Rennes in France. He earned his M.A. from Bowling Green State University and his Ph.D. from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in New York. His areas of interest include Economic Development, Macroeconomics, Environmental Sustainability and Industrial Economics.

Assistant Professor Fadhel Kaboub joined the faculty in 2008. He earned a B.S. degree from Tunis University of Economics and Management, Tunisia; an M.A.,  Certificate of Teaching Excellence, and a Ph.D. from the University of Missouri, Kansas City. His major area of research and teaching interests are Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics, Money and Banking and Financial Institutions, Economics History, and History of Economic Thought, and International Law and Economics.

Assistant Professor Songhua Lin joined the faculty in 2002. She teaches Macroeconomics, Econometrics and International Trade. She earned a B.A. and M.A. from Jilin University, China, and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California-Davis.

Instructor Patrick McGonagle joined the faculty in 2005 and teaches the accounting survey course. He earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree with an accounting emphasis at Ohio University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and Controller of The Energy Cooperative, Newark, and is pursuing a master's degree in finance.

Professor Timothy I. Miller is the recipient of an award for innovative teaching from the Joint Council on Economic Education. He specializes in Econometrics, Macroeconomic Theory and Mathematical Economics. He earned a B.S. degree from Oklahoma College of Liberal Arts and an M.S. and Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University. He has been at Denison since 1978.

Associate Professor Andrea L. Ziegert teaches Microeconomic Analysis, Income Inequality, Public Finance and Urban and Regional Economic Development. She has been at Denison since 1997 and holds a B.A. and an M.A. from Miami University and a Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill.